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Patent GB-190603536-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Manufacture of Double Acetate of Copper and of Lime.
Inventor: PONTHUS IMBERT-CONSTANT
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 3536. Ponthus, I.-C. Aug. 31, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Acetates; acetic acid.-A basic calcium-copper acetate, of the formula 6 Ca (C2H3 O2)2, 6 Cu (C2H3O2)2, H2CuO2, 2 H2O, is prepared by adding quicklime or calcium carbonate to acetic acid, filtering, concentrating, adding copper sulphate solution or crystals, and boiling until the reaction is over. Acetic acid is evolved during the reaction. The liquid is filtered and crystallized; the calcium sulphate on the filter is washed, and the washings are added to the main volume of liquid or mixed with acetic acid for a fresh operation. The salt can also be obtained by heating a solution of calcium and copper acetates, or by the action of freshly-prepared copper hydrate on the mixed solutions; impure acetic acid may be used in the process. The salt has almost neutral properties, crystallizes well, and can be used in the treatment of vines tainted with black-rot or mildew; it may also be used in electrolysis.
Patent GB-190605109-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Producing Coloured Photographs.
Inventor: BEAUMONT ALBERT
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 5109. Beaumont, A. March 2. Colour photography.-A positive is printed on a single sheet of transparent sensitized celluloid, and the back of this is painted with oil-colours or any suitable medium as desired. The photograph is then mounted on a white or coloured background of paper or other suitable material, the painted side being in contact with the background.
Patent GB-190621936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shock-absorbing Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: MATHIS ERNEST
Filed: 1906-10-04
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 21,936. Mathis, E. Oct. 4. Springs.-In shock-absorbing devices for vehicles, the usual type of dash - pot, which allows the vehicle frame and axle to approach each other freely but retards their opposite motion, is supplemented by means whereby the approach also of the frame and axle is retarded, the latter damping action being small at first but increasing rapidly towards the end of the movement, and being provided by the compression of air in an auxiliary cylinder. A dash - pot cylinder a, containing glycerine or other liquid, is connected by an arm f and ball joint f<1> with the axle A, and receives a piston b having non-return valves p with restricted orifices p<1>, the piston rod c passing through a stuffing-box h<1> at the end of the cylinder a, and being connected by another arm and ball joint to the chassis B. The upper end of the cylinder a is fitted with a cup-leather w so as to form a piston working within an air cylinder t attached to the piston-rod c. The cylinder t may contain atmospheric or compressed air, the latter being supplied through regulating-valves from a reservoir, and compressed by a hand or other pump, or by the pressure of the exhaust gases. The air in the cylinder is kept from falling below atmospheric pressure by inwardly-opening valves in the top of the cylinder ; and a collapsible leather or other cover may be provided to protect the wearing parts.
Patent GB-190625612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stuffing Boxes for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: GADDA GUISEPPE
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-11-13
Abstract: 25,612. Gadda, G., and Conti, E., [trading as Gadda & Co.]. Nov. 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The shaft of a turbine is packed by water maintained by centrifugal force in grooves in a stepped conical box c. A similarly-shaped sleeve b on the shaft closely fits the box c. Condensation or other water; supplied by a pipe f to a groove g in the sleeve b, passes through a channel formed by a ring d to the channels in the box c.
Patent GB-190702226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Peat Blocks or Peat Fuel and to Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: VEREY JOSEPH CROSSBY
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1908-01-29
Abstract: 2226. Verey, J. C., and Downes, L. Jan. 29. Moulding peat.-Moisture is removed from peat or the like by the action of a continuous electric current, passed through it from the centre outwards while it is being forced with little compression through a tapering nozzle a, of square or other section, provided with one or more core rods c, the extruded mass being cut off into blocks. The nozzle, which may be of thin sheet copper, may have a flange b for connecting it to a macerator or other apparatus, and inclined apertures for escape of water may be provided. The nozzle and core rods form electrodes, and are connected respectively to the negative and positive terminals, so that water is removed to the outside and acts as a lubricant. According to the Provisional Specification, the peat may be treated similarly in moulds provided with core rods and plungers.
Patent GB-190703284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Briquet Machines.
Inventor: TAYLOR GEORGE WELLINGTON
Filed: 1907-02-09
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 3284. Taylor, G. W. Feb. 9. Moulding briquettes.-Relates to machines for making briquettes by rolling, and consists in the provision of means for heating the material during moulding, and for discharging any adhering briquettes from the moulds. The mould cylinders are carried on shafts 2 supported in bearings 44, which are adjustable to or from each other by means of wedge-blocks 46 operated by screws 48. The moulds 28 are formed in a ring or tyre 27, Fig. 2, which fits into a groove or channel 3<b> in the mould cylinder 3, and is secured in position by a cover-plate 29. A hollow chamber 31 is provided in the mould cylinder, to which steam is conveyed for heating the material by means of a pipe 34 connected to a passage 32 in the shaft 2, which communicates with outlets 33. Condensed steam is caught by a pan 42, and conveyed away by a pipe 40 through a passage 38 in the shaft 2 to discharge pipe 39. Mounted beneath the mould cylinders are rollers 20, Fig. 4, faced with soft rubber, the rollers being arranged in close frictional contact with the cylinders so as to be driven thereby. Any briquettes adhering to the moulds are thus brought into contact with the rollers 20 and become embedded in the soft rubber facing, causing them to be sucked out of the moulds. Scrapers 22 are mounted below the moulds, and are kept in contact with the cylinders by springs 25. In operation, material is fed from a hopper 8 by means of a worm 13 into the space between the moulds, which are heated and rotated slowly so as to secure heating of the material. The material is admitted to the hopper 8 through a spout 9 provided with a sliding door 10 operated by a screw 11.
Patent GB-190703480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Plastic and Elastic Substances.
Inventor: STANGE LOUIS
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1908-02-12
Abstract: 3480. Stange, L. Feb. 12, India-rubber substitutes.-In the production of an elastic composition by the action of formaldehyde upon gelatine, a primary aromatic amine, such as aniline, in emulsion with the gelatine solution is employed. An oil, such as castor oil, terpineol, or caoutchouc oil, may be mixed with the aniline, while the formaldehyde may be mixed with glycerine, before admixture with the other bodies. Three liquids a, b, c are first prepared, consisting of (a) 650 parts of gelatine dissolved in 350 parts of water, 10 parts of filling - material such as magnesium carbonate, or colouring-material such as lamp-black, being added if required, (b) 1 part of aniline oil and from 1 to 4 parts of castor oil, together with 0À1 per cent of an aniline colour, if required, and (c) formaldehyde (40 per cent strength) and glycerine (98 per cent strength), preferably in equal parts. 210 parts of the preparation a at about 55‹C. are slowly emulsified with a quantity of the preparation b containing 20 parts of aniline; a quantity of the preparation c containing 20 parts of formaldehyde (40 per cent) is then added. When the mixture is homogeneous, it may be moulded at a pressure of from 5 to 10 atmospheres in heated moulds provided with air vents at the top, the mass being forced in from the bottom, so as to avoid the formation of air bubbles. The mass is allowed to cool in the moulds for about 36 hours.
Patent GB-190704120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Suspending Lamps, Electroliers and the like.
Inventor: BROCKIE JAMES
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 4120. Brockie, J. Feb. 19. Gaseliers, chandeliers, and oil-lamp pendants.- Means for retaining a lantern &c. in the raised position without any strain on the rope or other suspending-means comprises a vertically-slotted tubular piece 6, Fig. 3, secured to a supporting- bracket and provided with a vertical sleeve, which has cam-grooves on its inner side shaped as shown in Figs. 2 and 7. A projection 13 on the stem 14, Fig. 3, carrying the lamp works in the vertical slot 12 when the lamp is being raised, and, by engaging the cam-surfaces 17, 18, Fig. 2, turns the sleeve, so that a cam-notch 20 is brought beneath the projection 13 and retains it on the rope being loosened. When the lamp is again raised, the sleeve is further turned by the projection 13, so that the cam-notch is removed from under the projection and the lamp is allowed to descend. The lower parts of the cam-grooves and the vertical slot are curved to guide the projection into position, and the angular movement of the sleeve may be limited by a vertical pin on a fixed collar 10, Fig. 3, engaging a recessed part of the sleeve. The sleeve may be provided with projections 36, Fig. 6, which are brought into engagement with other projections 35 extending upwards from the lamp frame in order to support the lamp when the notch is brought under the projection 13. An indiarubber ring may be arranged in the upper end of the socket to act as a buffer.
Patent GB-190704381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Hanging or Suspending Curtains or the like.
Inventor: MITCHELL FREDERICK SEPTIMUS
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 4381. Mitchell, F. S. Feb. 22. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-A support for curtains comprises a flexible frame or support, in which pointed hooks B are fixed. Fig. 2 shows a support formed of cardboard with reinforcing metal strips H. The support may be provided with a hinged cover E of the same material as the backing, or of softer material, to conceal the hooks B. The support may be nailed to the wall, or suspended from notched brackets.
Patent GB-190711510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 11,510. Lake, H. W., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbauges. N³rnberg Akt.-Ges.]. May 16. Lift valves; seats.-The valves of internal combustion engines are provided with detachable faces and seats which are preferably of cast iron and may be readily renewed. The head and spindle h of the valve is of steel, and the face i is preferably secured by a screw-thread m and a screw n; a rib k fits a groove l. The seating e also has a projecting ring which fits a groove g in the casing.
Patent GB-190712721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compositions for Use with Dental Plates.
Inventor: KEYS ADELA MARY GREY
Filed: 1907-06-01
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 12,721. Keys, A. M. G. June 1. Teeth, artificial.-Dental plates are backed with ceracin, softened by immersion in hot water, to make them fit, to prevent accidental swallowing thereof, and, according to the Provisional Specification, to hold them together when broken. An antiseptic, such as histerine, potassium permanganate, or glycothymoline, is preferably added to the water ; the cerasin and antiseptic, either mixed or separately, may be in tablet form.
Patent GB-190717905-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Cigar-lighting and Advertising Device.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 17,905. Haddan, R., [Landy, J. M., and Rose, H.]. Aug. 6. Drawings to Specification. Lighters, pipe, cigar, and the like.-In a combined cigar-lighting and advertising device, the movement of a rod, lever, or the like operates a gas-cock and actuates the band bearing the advertisements. The cigar-lighter is provided with a by-pass.
Patent GB-190720281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels for Vehicles
Inventor: FILLIOL LEON PAUL
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 20,281. Filliol, L. P., and Bouland, L. Sept. 13, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-A flexible tyre q is supported between the sides of a channel rim e by a flexible chain o resting on the ends of spring-pressed plungers k which slide in tubular spokes b, the chain o being secured to one only of the plungers k. A band p of leather or the like is placed between the tyre and the chain. The plungers k bear against springs h contained in sockets d which can be regulated by screwed rings l. The spokes are secured to the hub by segmental sockets c held between side plates, one of which may be integral with the hub.
Patent GB-190721693-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tar-removing Box for use with Gas Washing Plant.
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 21,693. Mason's Gas Power Co., Wright, T., and Hollis, A. Oct. 1. Washers.- Washers for removing tar from producer or power gas are arranged with a variable water seal. A fixed plate c, having a longitudinal slot d below the overflow e, is fitted with a vertically - movable plate g having a serrated lower edge. When the slot d does not reach to the bottom, the movable plate when lowered cuts off the gas passage. An indicator for showing the depth of seal is arranged behind the screw h used for raising and lowering the plate. The Provisional Specification refers also to the use of a variable water-level apparatus.
Patent GB-190722347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spraying Fluid upon Paper, Textile Fabrics or other Surfaces.
Inventor: HANITZSCH CURT ADOLF
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 22,347. Hanltzsch, C. A. Oct. 10. Spray-producers.-In a hand device for spraying paper, textile fabrics, &c., having means for cutting off and exhausting the air from the fluid container, the container a, supported on an antifriction and adjustable foot, is supplied with air by the tube b, which is used as a handle. The three-way cock R is used to cut off and exhaust the air, and the needle valve k, inside the container and operated through pieces l, m, n, is used to regulate the supply of fluid to the nozzle g.
Patent GB-190723485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pocket Aneroid Barometers.
Inventor: BARKER CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 23,485. Barker, C. Oct. 24. Barometers. - Relates to pocket aneroids provided with a movable vernier scale. The scale is marked on the flange c of a cylinder d, the lower edge of which is toothed and engages with a pinion or worm e operated by an exterior knob g.
Patent GB-190801239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspending Devices for Electric Conductors.
Inventor: HOFFMAN RALPH LAYFATTE
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 1239. Hoffman, R. L. Oct. 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electric railways and tramways. - A clamping ear for conductors consists of two jaws 1, which hang on hooks 5 in recesses 8, Figs. 2 and 4, in the hanger 7. The two jaws are made to grip the conductor 3 by forcing the raised shoulders 6 downwards, and this may be done conveniently by screwing down a nut 10 on the screw - threaded shank 9 of the hanger 7,
Patent GB-190805343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Cleaners.
Inventor: BUSBY WILLIAM DAVID LIDZEY
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 5343. Busby, W. D. L. March 10. Tobacco pipe-cleaners.- A pair of blades C, C' pivoted together at E are sharpened on their outer edges f, g, f<1>, g<1>, and are provided with handles A, A'. Specification No. 8953, A.D. 1890, is referred to.
Patent GB-190809338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Lamp Brackets.
Inventor: GREENWOOD JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: H02P7/34
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 9338. Greenwood, J. W. April 30. Lamp brackets.-A cycle lamp bracket for fixing a second or spare cycle lamp, or which may be employed instead of the ordinary bracket, comprises two half-collars 2, 2<1> clamped on the handlebar 1 by bolts and nuts 3 ; or they may be hinged together at one side for convenience in fixing and removing. From the upper half 2 projects a vertical stud 4, either integral with or secured to it, the upper end of the stud being threaded and provided with a nut 7 by which two plates 5, 6 can be tightly held. The side projections of these plates are bushed as shown at 5<1>, 6<1>, and clamp the shank 8 of the lamp pillar 8<1>, and, to give a firmer grip, a set-screw may be provided in one or both of the parts 5<1>, 6<1>.
Patent GB-190811891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Engines.
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 11,891. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Johnston, F. G. D. June 1. Liquid-pressure engines.-Relates to multi-cylinder single-acting engines in which the number of cylinders is seven, ten, or other greater number expressible as 3n + 1, and consists in the arrangement of equally-spaced ports in the valve seat and single valve, which rotates at a less speed than that of the engine shaft. In the example shown, sixteen cylinders 1, 2 ... 16 are arranged in a circle with their axes parallel to drive a central shaft by means of a swash-plate A or Z-crank. Figs. 2 and 3 are diagrammatic developments showing an instantaneous arrangement of the pistons, Fig. 4 being a corresponding development showing an arrangement of the ports in the valve and seating P, E, representing pressure and exhaust ports respectively. The valve is designed on the assumption that the ports in the seating are to open to pressure and exhaust approximately in the proportion to the position of each piston in its cylinder, and Fig. 5 shows diagrammatically how, by grouping the seat ports, only five pressure or exhaust ports are required in the valve for a 16-cylinder engine. The order of the ports is such that they are arranged in groups of three, the difference between any two adjacent members of one group being the number of revolutions made by the crank-shaft to one revolution of the valve. In other examples of engines having seven, ten, thirteen, and twentytwo cylinders, the valves require two, three, four, and five sets of pressure and exhaust valves a respectively.
Patent GB-190813545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water-cooling Apparatus.
Inventor: SOLLER EUGEN
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 13,545. Soller, E. June 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, cooling cylinders of. In water-cooling apparatus consisting of a number of flat water-compartments wholly or partly surrounding a fan which forces air radially between them, the water compartments are separated at the inlet and outlet points by distance rings r forming supply and discharge passages. The plates forming each water-compartment. are held apart at upper and lower corners by rings f, through radial perforations c in which the water passes to or from the compartment; other parts of the plate may be held apart by flanged hubs s and plain rings d. The apparatus is held together by bolts t, t<1> passing through the rings and hubs. Water inlets e are provided to the central distance rings r at the top, and a perforated outlet pipe traverses those at the bottom, or the inlets and outlets may be alike; Strengthening-projections in the water-compartments act as baffles.
Patent GB-190815346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Mounting and Feeding Carbons in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 15,346. Mount, S. C., and Beck Flame Lamp, Ltd. July 20. Arc lamps.-In a lamp having inclined electrodes c, one of which rests on a stop and supports the other, the electrodeholders b run on guiderods and are connected by links independent of any central guide. The links d, e are pivoted together, one or both being extended and engaging the opposite guide-rods. Such an extension may be in line with the link, as shown, or may be bent through an angle equal to the inclination of the guides, in which case it is of the same length as the links. The links may be double throughout or forked at the ends. The holders and the extension may be provided with rollers to engage the guides, which may be multiple.
Patent GB-190815412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Plate Devices for Economizing the Heat from the Burners of Gas Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: MAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 15,412. May, W. July 21. Supports for utensils.-A portable device to enable two or more cooking-vessels to be heated by one burner of a gas stove, or by a gas ring, consists of a shallow box, having an opening in the bottom to receive the heat from the burner and two or more openings in the top over which the vessels are placed, means being provided whereby the hot gases escape from under the last vessel. As shown in Fig. 4, the device consists of a rectangular box a, with two openings c in the top, which is laid upon a gas stove top or supported by legs g over a ring burner, so that the opening b in the bottom is above the burner. One of the openings in the top is above the opening b. Adjacent to the opening c which is most remote from the opening b, a projecion e is provided upon which the last vessel rests, so that the hot gases escape from under it. The top plate may be strengthened by a web h between it and the lower plate, or by a groove between the openings. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a strip of band iron is bent so as to form incomplete rings, between which tubular passages are formed by tie-pieces. The rings may be strengthened by a frame m, and a portion of the last ring is cut away to form a passage n through which the heated gases escape.
Patent GB-190819042-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Speed Reducing Gear.
Inventor: ARCHER CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 19,042. Archer, C. F. Sept. 10. Toothed gearing.-Relates to reducing-gearing, suitable for electric motors, of the class in which a toothed annulus is driven differentially from an eccentric through a pair of planet-wheels, one of which meshes with a stationary annulus. These planet-wheels 5, 6 fastened together are mounted on ball &c. bearings 4 upon an eccentric 2 secured to the driving-shaft 1. The wheel 5 rolls round upon a fixed annulus 9 so that the wheel 6 imparts a relatively slow movement to an annulus 10 secured to the driven shaft 12. The annulus 10 is formed with an enveloping housing 13, and the annulus 9 is formed with a sleeve 15. Ball bearings are arranged as shown. In an alternative arrangement, the fixed annulus is formed with a housing which envelops the driven annulus. Specification No. 15,734, A.D. 1884, is referred to.